test: use countdown timer

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17326
Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/17169


Reviewed-By: Jon Moss <me@jonathanmoss.me>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>